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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 436 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HEXATEUCH , the name given to the first six books of the Old Testament (the See also:

Pentateuch and See also:Joshua), to See also:mark the fact that these See also:form one See also:literary whole, describing the See also:early traditional See also:history of the Israelites from the creation of the See also:world to the See also:conquest of See also:Palestine and the origin of their See also:national institutions. These books are the result of an intricate literary See also:process, on which see See also:BIBLE (Old Testament: See also:Canon), and the articles on the See also:separate books (See also:GENESIS, See also:EXODUS, See also:LEVITICUS, See also:NUMBERS, See also:DEUTERONOMY and JOSHUA).

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